Isolation and biochemical characterization of an antifungal peptide from Amaranthus hypochondriacus seeds

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 10156-10161

  Rivillas Acevedo, Lina A ^a   Soriano García, Manuel ^a  

^a Departamento de Fisioquímica   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amaranthus hypochondriacus; Antifungal activity; Antifungal peptide; Chitin binding peptide; Peptide purification

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 38049008017     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf072069x     Document Type: Article

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